What did you do before you developed the DJ bug and how did the interest manifest itself?
Patrick:
Hi! I come more from the graphic / design and art scene. Since the end of the nineties, I have been active as a resident in a small house club in Essen, and later also with my own events and events as organizer. Currently, I’m also working in parallel year ‘round at a record store from Mondays to Saturdays.

Emanuel:
Actually, with me it all began with producing. By the time I was just 16 and still in school, and discovered a sequencer on my brother’s laptop, which gave me the urge to make my own sound. The DJ-ing grew on me slowly, as with time I started knowing more people that are also interested in it.

What DJs/Producers had the most impact in your life, prior to becoming artists?
Patrick:
You cannot really say that, I think. It starts somewhere, for example, with what you hear as a child or think you’re hearing. Let’s take ‘Magic Fly’ from Space for example; as a child, I knew that “Music where no one sings, but everything has been said…” was coming and that, was when I first touched base with electronic music and the feeling of it. There are really so many good people. Okay, more specifically I’d say: Laurent Garnier, Luomo, Two Lone Swordsmen, Ron Trent, LTJ Bukem, Paper Recordings, 20/20 Vision, Burial, Tangerine Dream, etc. Phew… Oh, man there’s so much good between Old, New and Future-school worth mentioning. Marshall Jefferson…

Emanuel:
The question is genuinely hard to answer, because even before I started digging Techno or House, I was producing instrumental Hip-Hop, it’s a time when you go through several phases, in which you take interest and inspiration from many styles. For example; Nightmares on Wax or Quantic with Trip-Hop and Jazz influences, but also in the “Electronic” area artists like Trentemoller or John Tejada would spontaneously come to mind. I think, however, as a whole my big brother had the greatest influence on me when I started to make music, because he used to make me copies of all the music in his MP3 player.

Emanuel:
That we have managed so far – newsflash – to be 100% digital on the go, no records *laugh*. Jokes aside, the biggest achievement is probably the fact that we keep on being passionate about making music and DJ-ing – everything else will develop marginally.

How do you think the art of DJing is developing from a technological viewpoint?Patrick:
In a way I was often times a fan of simply having ‘No Dj on site’. So, a machine that would take free tones, sounds, clicks, kick, bass and reflect the mood through the whole thing. When the audience changes and with that the mood, the machine would adapt. I’m curious to hear what that would sound like. If someone would be interested in developing such machine, feel free to contact me.Emanuel:
I think that the possibilities for live performances nowadays are great. Generally, I’m still a big fan of vinyl.

What technology do you use when DJing? Patrick:
I play 99.9% vinyl! Of course it also happens that I have a few Cd’s with new tracks or promos to test with, or I have to load them on Emanuel’s laptop when we play together in oder to connect our vinyl and laptop worlds.Emanuel:
Mostly I still use timecode, in between you’ll also find the occasional vinyl there.

Out of all your studio gear, what is the one piece you would never get rid of and why?
Patrick:
The dartboard. And if we still had it, I think the old real Space Echo RE-201. ROOM! Or briefly, my small Novation Key Bassstation, which I sold just after 2-4 weeks because I somehow didn’t know what to do with it, or how it worked properly. Would love those again, but a good old friend has them. I find the midi keyboard the most important device, brings random fun to the studio.Emanuel:
Would probably say the dartboard as well, for the breaks between sessions.

What’s the scene like in your hometown?
Patrick:
Good at this point, small and well-arranged, with one or two really eager guys having a lot of good new unreleased and released music.

Emanuel:
In our area you’ll find a wide range of clubs, which also offer really interesting bookings such as The Hotel Shanghai or the Goethebunker in Essen-Rüttenscheid. Also clubers from different parts of North Rhine-Westphalia fancy coming down here.

Tell us about your new music projects?
Patrick:
You mean the stuff on GlamYouNot or new releases?! Well, on GYN we use monikers which often make it easier not to get immediately pushed into the Deep House corner. So, on there we almost purposely make different stuff, in comparison with what we otherwise released on ‘Isendit’ or ‘Dessous Recordings’. Because we come from a small traditional house music city, if you wanna call it that way, it is correct. There were a few people who coined the term in the early 90s in Essen.
Coming up, we are busy with a few new EPs, a 6-7 tracker mini album and a feature track with a famous someone from Glasgow. But we also enjoy working other realms of music, productions or projects. We are developing our own darts by the way. Game on!

Emanuel:
As Patrick said, there’s lots in the making… ‘Pipapo’ is the keyword. By the way we’ve got a Free Download for you guys, enjoy!